Ventura County residents recall how the largest fire in state history, at the time, ignited and threatened to engulf the city of Ojai.
It’s been two years since the Thomas Fire erupted in Ventura County. At the time, it was the largest wildfire in modern California history, burning 281,000 acres and destroying roughly 1,000 homes, ...
The Thomas Fire burned 440 square miles in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Eight years later, just over two-thirds of the local homes destroyed in the blaze have been rebuilt. Kat Merrick never ...